# Accident 19730828027509A: Airpts A9B, Hazel Green, AL, August 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1973
- Place: Hazel Green, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.9237° N, 86.5674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazel Green, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9237&lon=-86.5674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7726V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7726V-1988-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B (registry code 0144206, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,383 total, 640 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730828027509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GR CAUGHT IN TALL COTTON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA74DKJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ20), Aug 28, 1973: Aero Comdr A-9B (N7726V), Hazel Green, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7726V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870731081209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870731081209A), Jul 31, 1987: Airpts A9B (N7726V), Osgood, MO, Substantial damage. Engine crankshaft broke on climbout. Emergency landing terminated in a nose over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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